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Strategy Consultant – Life Sciences

Abidjan, Ivory Coast Full time R1475657 Hybrid

Ivory Coast

Build a rewarding career in life sciences consulting and forge your own path. Partner with collaborative teams and leaders across unique projects and geographies, delivering innovative solutions to the most complex healthcare problems along the way. Working at IQVIA means changing outcomes for patients one data set, product offering and innovative solution at a time.

As a Consultant at IQVIA, you'll have the opportunity to grow your career and explore opportunities in brand and integrated research solutions, go-to-market strategy, commercial excellence, real world data, financial investor consulting and more.

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  • ACHIEVER
  • ADAPTABLE
  • COMMUNICATOR
  • STRATEGIC
  • CRITICAL-THINKER
  • DETAIL-ORIENTED

What you can expect

Professional Development

Environments that advance your skillset

Highly Specialized

Work in distinctive areas of expertise

Growth Potential

Clear pathways to success

Collaboration

Teams that work together to achieve common goals

Innovative Projects

Projects that solve complex problems in new ways

Best-in-Class Training

Programs to help you build knowledge and gain skills

Strategy Consultant – Life Sciences

Abidjan, Ivory Coast| Ivory Coast R1475657
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Job Description

Position purpose

  • The Consultant will take on a variety of roles that focus primarily within the following core areas: Client/project leadership, business development of consulting business practices.
  • He/she will engage with the whole healthcare ecosystem (mainly Pharmaceuticals, consumer healthcare and medical devices local affiliates) to develop and implement IQVIA solutions in areas such as market research, market assessments, strategic market reviews, sales & marketing strategy, dashboarding and forecasting.

Roles and responsibilities

  • Identify and address client needs:
    • Structure ambiguous problems / define problem statement and take actions to solve them
    • Lead and supervise preparation of data (qualitative or quantitative) / indicators / interview guides and analysis grids
    • Drive analyses and synthesis of results
    • Craft recommendations
    • Present results to clients
    • Establish trust-based relationships with clients to better serve their organizations

  • Lead business development activities:
    • Build IQVIA presence and reputation as a trusted adviser in Life Science
    • Develop clients mapping and corresponding strategy
    • Identify and engage key decision-makers, influencers, stakeholders and networks (from operational stakeholders to Regional GMs and global decision makers) in each account
    • Leverage internal IQVIA expertise across all practices and all regions (e.g., Global/Headquarter key account managers, etc)
    • Coordinate selection and execution of projects by third party vendors when required in compliance with IQVIA policies and procedures.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree min required in business, sciences, statistics or computer sciences
  • 5+ years of related experience in consulting and/or market research industry
  • Excellent presentation, communication and client influencing skills
  • Experience in business analytics, sales force excellence in pharmaceuticals is a plus.
  • Possesses solid project management, client influencing and relationship building skills
  • Works willingly and effectively with others in and across the organization to accomplish team goals
  • Ability to manage multiple projects, juggle priorities and deliver on tight deadlines
  • Knowledge of consulting methodologies, tools and techniques
  • Knowledge of key issues and current developments in the health industry

Languages

  • French (native) and English (required)

IQVIA is a leading global provider of clinical research services, commercial insights and healthcare intelligence to the life sciences and healthcare industries. We create intelligent connections to accelerate the development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments to help improve patient outcomes and population health worldwide. Learn more at https://jobs.iqvia.com

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